ALBUM REVIEW: THE HOLD STEADY – THE PRICE OF PROGRESS

The Hold Steady may have emerged in the early 2000’s yet what set them apart from the other (also amazing) bands which emerged from NY in that era, was that their sound seemed to come from a different inspirational source completely, less spiky garage rock, preferring instead to drink from a similar well as Springsteen […]
Released on the Drag City label, Cory Hanson’s new single ‘Twins’ is another blast of psyched up rock n roll, taken from his third album, due to be released in June, A uniquely eccentric yet melodic songwriter! Cory Hanson Video – Twins

NEWS: CORY HANSON RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR TWINS

ALBUM REVIEW: INSPIRAL CARPETS – THE COMPLETE SINGLES

There are certain bands whose music has the power to transport you back to a particular point in your life, all it takes is a few notes, and your mind drifts into nostalgia, the days and nights out, friends you knew back then. Listening to ‘The Complete Singles’ by Inspiral Carpets I’m instantly back in […]
A first post-pandemic album by the group avoids market rollouts and a concept-heavy narrative in favour of showcasing the band’s effect on pop’s today and tomorrow, to include a strong new future.  I finally won! I finally did it! I listened to a Gorillaz album and absolutely loved it. Involving nuance features that arguably differ […]

ALBUM REVIEW: GORILLAZ – CRACKER ISLAND

ALBUM REVIEW – BHAJAN BHOY: TO LOVE IS TO LOVE (VOL.1 & 2)

It might be glib to suggest that anyone apart from government sponsored purveyors of dodgy PPE had a good pandemic but Ajay Saggar definitely used the time productively. Between January 2021 and June 2022, he spent most days at his Soundation Studios recording and mixing music aided by a top team of collaborators, the result […]
A psychedelic twist on electronic music is what Gnoomes have been carefully crafting over their four albums, now having fled their home country of Russia, and relocated elsewhere, their latest album is awash with hypnotic electronica. Opening track ‘Ural Sun’ sounds like a dystopian dream, with deep rumbling sounds which build into a mountainous soundscape […]

ALBUM REVIEW: GNOOMES – AX OX

LIVE: MOGWAI – 10/02/23

It’s testament to the musical ambition of Mogwai that more than twenty-five years years after they started they can now sell out Manchester’s Albert Hall so fast a second date had to be added. Not bad for a band whose spellbinding tunes mostly consist of epic instrumentals with minimal vocals. Having recently spoken to Stuart […]
Over seventeen studio albums Lawrence has given us some of the finest off kilter guitar pop melodies with his bands Felt, Denim and Go Kart Mozart, now with his latest project Mozart Estate, his brand of wonky pop takes another turn as he focuses firmly on modern day consumerism.  Recent single ‘Relative Poverty’ finds him […]

ALBUM REVIEW: MOZART ESTATE – POP-UP! KER-CHING! AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF MODERN SHOPPING

ALBUM REVIEW: GRACIE ABRAMS – GOOD RIDDANCE

Following the success of her EP’s ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ (2021) and ‘Minor’ (2020), Abram’s debut album ‘Good Riddance’ was a guaranteed winner. Each track takes us on a journey to a new part of the story told breakup via soothing vocals and melodic riffs, I was hooked from the minute it began. […]
With eleven tracks of pure rapture, Inhaler makes the wait so unbelievably worth it. ‘Cuts & Bruises’ is an album that needs to be listened to, screamed to, danced to, and, at a minimum, shared across the entire universe. Following the release of their debut album, ‘It Won’t Always Be Like This’, which hit no. […]

ALBUM REVIEW: INHALER – CUTS & BRUISES